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The document contains practice exam questions related to vector spaces, matrices, and polynomial subspaces. It includes problems on properties of subsets, dimensions of vector spaces, basis determination, and subspace verification. Additionally, it poses true/false questions and requires examples of vectors in null and column spaces of given matrices.

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Practice Exam Questions - Tutorial 4

The document contains practice exam questions related to vector spaces, matrices, and polynomial subspaces. It includes problems on properties of subsets, dimensions of vector spaces, basis determination, and subspace verification. Additionally, it poses true/false questions and requires examples of vectors in null and column spaces of given matrices.

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Practice Exam Questions - Tutorial 4

1. Provide, IF POSSIBLE, an example of a subset H of R2 that has the following three


properties:
ˆ the zero vector is in H,
ˆ H is NOT closed under vector addition,
ˆ H is closed under multiplication by scalars.

2. A matrix A has after a couple of row operations the following form


 
1 3 0
 0
 4 −2  .
 0 −6 3 
0 0 1

a) Provide the dimensions of the following four vector spaces: Nul A, Col A, Row A and
Nul AT .
b) Provide, IF POSSIBLE, a basis of the following two vector spaces: Col A and Row A.
If it is not possible to provide a basis for a vector space, explain why.

3. True or False? For the statement below: state whether the statement is true or false.
If A is a 6 × 8 matrix, then it is possible that it has a 1-dimensional null space.

4. Provide a matrix A that is not invertible and such that Nul A = {0}.
5. Provide an example of a subset H of R2 that has the following three properties:
ˆ the zero vector is in H,
ˆ H is closed under vector addition,
ˆ H is NOT closed under multiplication by scalars.
 √   √ 
2 3
6. Let u = √ and v = √ . Determine whether {u, v} is a basis for R2 .
3 2
7. Recall that P3 denotes the set of polynomials of degree at most 3. In other words, P3 consists
of all polynomials of the form

p(t) = a0 + a1 t + a2 t2 + ... + an tn ,

where the coefficients a0 , ..., an and the variable t are real numbers.
Let H be the subspace of P3 made up of only those polynomials p(t) such that p(0) = 0, i.e.

H = {p ∈ P3 | p(0) = 0} .

Then,

a. {t, t2 , t3 } is a basis for H.

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b. {1, t, t2 , t3 } is a basis for H.
c. None of the above.
8. Consider the following matrix A:
 
1 1 −2 −1
A =  −1 4 −3 1 .
0 7 1 −8

A vector in Nul(A) is
 
1
 −1 
a. 
 2 

−2
 
1
 1 
b. 
 −2 

−1
 
2
 1 
c. 
 1 

1
 
1
 2 
d. 
 −1 

3
e. None of the above.
9. Consider the following matrix A:
 
1 0 1
A= 0 1 −1  .
1 1 0

A vector in Col(A) is
 
1
a.  2 
3
 
1
b.  0 
2
 
1
c.  −1 
1
 
0
d.  1 
2
e. None of the above.
10. Let A be a 6 × 4 matrix. What is the smallest possible dimension of Nul A?
a. 0

2
b. 2
c. 4
d. 6
e. None of the above.

11. Let A be a 6 × 4 matrix. What is the largest possible dimension of Col A?


a. 0
b. 2
c. 4
d. 6
e. None of the above.
   
  1 1
1 1 −2 −1  −1   1 
12. Let A =  −1 4 −3 1 , u = 
 2  and v = 
  .
−2 
0 7 1 −8
−2 −1
Does u belong to Nul A? Does v belong to Col A?
a. u belongs to Nul A. v belongs to Col A.
b. u belongs to Nul A. v does not belong to Col A.
c. u does not belong to Nul A. v belongs to Col A.
d. u does not belong to Nul A. v does not belong to Col A.
13. Recall that P2 denotes the set of polynomials of degree at most 2. In other words, P2 consists
of all polynomials of the form
p(t) = a0 + a1 t + a2 t2 ,
where the coefficients a0 , a1 , a2 and the variable t are real numbers.
Let V be the subset of P2 made up of only those polynomials p(t) such that p(1) = 0, i.e.

V = {p ∈ P2 : p(1) = 0}.

Similarly, let W be the subset of P2 made up of only those polynomials p(t) such that
p(0) = 1, i.e.
W = {p ∈ P2 : p(0) = 1}.
Is V is a subspace of P2 ? Is W is a subspace of P2 ?

a. V is a subspace of P2 . W is a subspace of P2 .
b. V is a subspace of P2 . W is not a subspace of P2 .
c. V is not a subspace of P2 . W is a subspace of P2 .
d. V is not a subspace of P2 . W is not a subspace of P2 .

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